chwartisans
10-24-2002, 09:41 PM
I've experienced some unusual (& disappointing, unexpected, alarming...), seemingly random z axis nosedives recently - have been using ArtCam Pro - and want to check the z depth commands in the code before running the tool (air cutting doesn't help when you have a router grinding into the tabletop after standing by the machine, which is frantically pacing through amped up jogs and moves).
I was going to open the part file in notepad, and then export the code into excel (using comma delimited filter), and "query" it to show me every line with a z value in excess (beyond the -0- depth/tabletop surface) of the thickness of the material being cut.
Anybody have a better way, or utility that I could use to import the file and have it pull up suspect lines before I run the part file?
I know this whole business should be unnecessary, but I am spending more time staring at the machine, with my hand over the space bar / s key, and the other on a panic stop.
Or, does somebody know why ArtCam is producing these individual lines of death code?
Thanks!
I was going to open the part file in notepad, and then export the code into excel (using comma delimited filter), and "query" it to show me every line with a z value in excess (beyond the -0- depth/tabletop surface) of the thickness of the material being cut.
Anybody have a better way, or utility that I could use to import the file and have it pull up suspect lines before I run the part file?
I know this whole business should be unnecessary, but I am spending more time staring at the machine, with my hand over the space bar / s key, and the other on a panic stop.
Or, does somebody know why ArtCam is producing these individual lines of death code?
Thanks!